Raja Jackson, the son of former UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, has been arrested and is going through a felony charge after footage showed him beating a wrestler whereas he was immobile and placing him in hospital.
Footage from an event last month in Sun Valley, California, posted on social media showed the youthful Jackson – knowledgeable MMA fighter – sliding into the ring throughout one other bout and throwing Syko Stu, whose actual title is Stuart Smith, to the mat.
The video, which bears a watermark suggesting it was livestreamed on the video platform Kick, showed Jackson straddling Smith earlier than repeatedly punching him within the face and the facet of his head, even when Smith was mendacity immobile. Other wrestlers then restrained Jackson.
NCS has not been capable of independently confirm the video, however Kick confirmed to NCS that Jackson’s account has been banned from the platform.
The Los Angeles Times reported on the time that Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers arrived on the scene of the incident and stuffed out a felony battery report, although Jackson had already left the venue.
Reached for remark, the LAPD stated Jackson is being charged with felony battery and referred to on-line paperwork that present Jackson was arrested Thursday and is being held on a bond of $50,000.
NCS Sports has reached out to Jackson and his representatives by way of his father for remark.
Smith was launched from hospital on August 31. He later detailed the extent of the accidents he sustained in what his spouse had beforehand known as an “unscripted assault,” together with a “serious head injury” in addition to “trauma to both the upper and lower jaws, a laceration to his upper lip, and a fracture to the maxilla bone, which unfortunately resulted in the loss of several teeth.”
After the incident involving Smith and the youthful Jackson, Rampage Jackson took to social media to sentence his son’s actions.
Following Smith’s launch from hospital, the elder Jackson stated he believes his son ought to face penalties and would profit from a while engaged on himself.
“I think that he should do a little time, do a little community service and go to anger management class, seek some therapy,” he told MMA journalist Ariel Helwani.
When requested about criticism of his son, Rampage Jackson stated: “The problem is everything got blown out of proportion and people thought that Raja snuck into the … ring and did that. That’s what the problem is. At this point, Raja was in an act as a pro wrestler, but he ain’t no f**king pro wrestler. The promoters had no reason putting my son in that … ring.”
NCS Sports has reached out to organizer KnokX for remark, however in a earlier assertion, the group stated the incident began as a scripted half of the present, generally known as a “work” in wrestling, however was not supposed to go so far as it did.
“What was supposed to be a planned and agreed upon wrestling spot, turned into a selfish, irresponsible act of violence against Mr. Smith,” the organizer wrote.
“This egregious act is reprehensible and never should have occurred. In the 17 years of operation of KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy, there has never been anything as heinous take place such as this and we apologize to our patrons and fans.”